Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Early Tasmania, papers read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899, by James Backhouse Walker

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Includes bibliographic footnotes"Bibliographical notes": p. 222-228

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Early Tasmania

by James Backhouse Walker

papers read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899

[Appendices include]: Notes on the Aborigines of Tasmania extracted from the manuscript journals of George Washington Walker, with an introduction by James Backhouse Walker (includes: Notes from Mr. Walker's journal ; Specimens of the language spoken by the Aborigines of Van Dieman's Land: Two popular songs [incl. "Aboriginal song sung by the women in chorus, by various tribes of the Natives of Van Dieman's Land"]) ; Translation of Genesis, Chapter 1 ; Aboriginal names of men and women -- Some notes on the tribal divisions of the Aborigines of Tasmania, 1. Southern tribes ("Tribes about Mount Royal, Brune Island, Recherche Bay, and the South of Tasmania") 2. Western tribes ("North-west and Western tribes") 3. Central tribes (The Oyster Bay tribe ; The Big River tribe) 4. Northern and North-eastern tribes (The Stony Creek tribe ; The Port Dalrymple tribe ; The Ben Lomond tribe ; North-east Coast tribes) / James Backhouse Walker -- The Tasmanian Aborigines (Ground stone implements ; baskets ; Mode of obtaining fire ; Drawings ; Canoes ; Fish ; Clothing ; Implements ; Origin ; Languages ; Tribal map) / James Backhouse Walker -- The cartography of the Terra Australis and New Holland / James B. Walker